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Lucknow: In reply to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi AdityanathAs part of the appeal for more housing for rural residents, the state has been allotted an additional 1,44,220 houses for the financial year 2023-24 by the Center under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin’ (PMAY-G).
After this, the total quota of completed houses in the state will reach 21,68,574.
On 18 May 2023, CM Yogi requested the Union Ministry of Rural Development to allocate additional housing targets.
State officials said that showing a positive attitude on this initiative of CM Yogi, the Ministry of Rural Development has written a letter to the Rural Development Department of the state government informing about the approval.
It has been said in the letter that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had demanded an additional target in a letter written in May 2023.
The letter states, “It is informed that with the approval of the competent authority in the Ministry of Rural Development, your state has been allocated an additional target of 1,44,220 houses from the final Housing+ list for the financial year 2023-24 “
The letter also mentions that in line with the focus of the scheme, the state needs to set a target of at least 60% for SCs and STs, subject to their availability in the housing database. It has also been requested to finalize district, block, GP-wise and category-wise targets in the state as per the User Manual on Housing issued by the Ministry.
The letter from the Ministry of Rural Development also requested, “Issue necessary instructions to all districts/blocks/GPs in your state to fix targets on AwaasSoft as per the user manual and ensure timely completion of houses.” Speed up the clearance of these houses.” ,
Apart from this, the state has also been requested to sanction the houses to the eligible families within one month i.e. by August 13, 2023.
The letter also states that the Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of the scheme till March 2024 to complete the remaining houses within the cumulative target of 2.95 crore houses.
